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Seyed Tadayyon

Field Service Specialist

Imaging and microscopy specialist

Senior Research Scientist

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Toronto M2N 2P3

ac04wx@r.postjobfree.com

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Synopsis:

I am an experienced professional technologist in engineering and applied sciences. I am a specialist in the technology of design, construction and development of complex instrumentations such as optical and atomic force microscopes. I am imaging specialist with working experience on AFM, high end optical microscopes such as confocal microscopes. I have been in charge of complex high vacuum systems and radiation instruments in research facilities dealing with their installation, usage, training users, maintenance, and troubleshooting. I have hands-on experience with electrical/mechanical equipments, laser sources, and laboratory equipments. I have years of experience installing, maintaining, repairing, and training of advanced instruments in academic and industrial environments. I am a physicist by training and have hands-on experience with advanced electrical/mechanical and laboratory instruments/equipments. I have trained many students and post-doc fellows and helped in their research work achieving outstanding results. I have PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering from a Japanese University.

Education:

PhD Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, MSc Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, BSc Department of Physics, Tehran University, Iran Most recent Employment history:

Laser applications and thin film technology consultant, Toronto ON 2015-present Field Service Specialist, Olympus Canada, Toronto ON 2011-2015 Senior research scientist and Scanning Probe Microscopy lab manager, Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London ON 2005-2011 Skills and experiences:

- Teaching undergrad physics and graduate microscopy courses

- imaging specialist: AFM, confocal microscope, nanoindenter, etc.

- Field Support Specialist, Olympus Scientific/confocal microscopes

- Field Support Specialist, service, installation, repair, modification, Hitachi Tabletop SEM

- Manager and research scientist, SPM lab leading and guiding various multi- disciplinary projects.

- Confocal and Atomic Force Microscopes and Nanoindenter, trainer

- Interfacial force microscope (IFM): developing a new Scanning Probe microscope

- Ultra high vacuum technology and nano-fabrication experience: FIB, wet etching, reactive ion etching, e-beam/ion sputtering film deposition, custom metal/mineral/organic evaporation, etc.

- Surface characterization: XPS, AES, UPS, TEM, SEM, XRD, etc. Job description/achievements:

Technology consultant, 2015-present

Writing proposals for startup companies, drawing application solutions, cost estimation of projects, and equipment search and recommendation are provided for interested customers. Physics/science labs design and implementation services are provided to educational institutions.

Olympus Canada: 2011-2015

Responsible for the overall Field Support of Olympus and 3rd party instrumentation. Performed these responsibilities and conducted in accordance with departmental and corporate guidelines in a manner to ensure achievement of established business goals and objectives.

Provided on-site instrument installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting as required. With minimal supervision, conducted maintenance and installed software upgrades, including on-site and in-house work as required.

Maintained a high level of customer satisfaction.

Submitted required reports in a timely and accurate manner such as Field Reports, Expense Reports, Quality Control Reports, Installation, and Countermeasure forms in accordance with the DSM or corporate headquarters requirements. Established and maintained open communication with the DSM, other FSSs, and the product support organization and infrastructure within Olympus Scientific Equipment Group (SEG) to resolve all undefined or ongoing instrument problems. Assisted other Field Service Specialists and SEG Sales Representatives with product installations, trade shows, and other events as required. University of Western Ontario 2005-2011

Professional & Managerial role in conducting research, guiding students in their research, running research facility, managing users, maintaining the equipments, troubleshooting/repairing equipments, helping write grant proposals. Responsible for the proper utilization and effective operation of microscopes in the SPM Laboratory, including the AFM, IFM, confocal

Responsible for organizing, directing, and promoting research activities in the area of nanoscale materials characterization, technique development and for planning and developing services to meet the needs of the users. Responsible for training and guiding new recruits. Annual unit operating budget: >$500K/a

Annual salaries/benefits of unit: Grad students, post-docs and RA's >$250K/a Number of clients served: 5 under graduate students, 10 graduate students, 5 Faculty Directed research work toward the approved goals and objectives of the lab Overseeing the research activities of the students and post-doctorate fellows. Supervised and coached individual users to provide an excellent academic environment. Reviewed and discussed the research activities with the Supervisor(s) to determine priorities.

Contributed to the research work by keeping abreast of new developments and practices or technological developments.

Developed new techniques and equipment in association with other members of the group.

Training of new users

Supervision of usage of the SPM instruments

Enhanced the quality of service to users' concerns within the constraints of limited resources.

Encouraged and motivated the users to provide excellent academic environment for achieving valuable results.

Travelled as required by attending conferences, training courses related to the operation of the instruments, etc.

Citizenship: Canadian

Activities: Playing soccer and ping-pong, hiking, traveling and watching science documentaries.

Special Skills:

- Languages: Fluent in Farsi, Japanese and English. Know some Arabic.

- Computers: Able to quickly adopt, adapt and use needed software, software/hardware troubleshooting, data acquisition, image processing, computer remote access, some web design and programming.

Volunteering at workplace for a good cause:

- A member of Building Emergency Team in case of accidents

- Certified First Aid provider

- Monitoring/inspecting labs to comply with occupational health and safety regulation

Hobbies and interests:

- Licensed financial advisor in personal investments

- Computer programming and troubleshooting, web development, etc.

- Japanese language translation.

Publications: more than 16 peer reviewed publications Conference contributions:

- Numerous contributions

- A regular reviewer for the “Journal of The Electrochemical Society” for a few years.

Collaboration projects:

- National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT), metrology and SPM development, achieved new procedural techniques which were transferred to colleagues for commercialization and further improvements.

- Various projects in the department of biology, Medical Sciences, and Faculty of Engineering. Achieved results were utilized in the start-up company contributing to the projects or patented.

Publications:

1. Auger Electron Spectroscopy and X-ray Diffraction study of Interdiffusion and Solid State Amorphization of Ni/Ti Multilayers “S. M. Tadayyon, O. Yoshinari, and K. Tanaka” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 31 2226 (1992).

2. Interdiffusion in Pd/Ti Bilayer Films Studied by Auger Electron Depth Profiling “S. M. Tadayyon, O. Yoshinari, and K. Tanaka” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 32 3928 (1993). 3. Interdiffusion in amorphous Ni65Ti35/Ni35Ti65 bilayer film studied by Auger electron spectroscopy

“S. M. Tadayyon, K. Noguchi, and K. Tanaka” Mat. Sci Eng. A179/A180 337 (1994). 4. Solid State Amorphization in Palladium/Titanium Multilayer Films during Sputter deposition and Postdeposition Annealing “S. M. Tadayyon, Y. Fujimoto, K. Tanaka, M. Doi, and M. Matsui” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 33 4697 (1994).

5. MICROSTRUCTURE OF PD/TI AND NI/TI MULTILAYERS SUBJECTED TO ANNEALING IN VACUUM OR HYDROGEN ATMOSPHERE “K. Tanaka, Y. Fujimoto, and S. M. Tadayyon” Microstructures and Functions of Materials ICMFM 96 Proceedings of International Conference on Microstructures and Functions of Materials September 9, 1996 Tokyo Japan, p. 59.

6. Effect of Hydriding on Structural Stability of Ni/Ti and Pd/Ti Multilayers “Y. Fujimoto, S. M. Tadayyon, O. Yoshinari, and K. Tanaka” Materials Transactions, JIM, 38 780 (1997). 7. Work function modification of indium–tin–oxide used in organic light emitting devices “S. M. Tadayyon, K. Griffiths, P. R. Norton, C. Tripp, and Z. Popovic” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 17 1773(4) 1773 (1999).

8. Rutherford backscattering and secondary ion mass spectrometry investigation of Mg:Ag-tris(8-hydroxy quinoline) aluminum interfaces “Grandin, H.M., Tadayyon, S.M., Lennard, W.N., Griffiths, K., Coatsworth, L.L., Norton, P.R., Popovic, Z., Aziz, H., and Hu, N.X.” Organic Electronics 4 9 (2003). 9. Reliable and reproducible determination of work function and ionization potentials of layers and surfaces relevant to organic light emitting diodes “S.M. Tadayyon, H.M. Grandin, K. Griffiths, L.L. Coatsworth, P.R. Norton, H. Aziz, and Z.D. Popovic” Organic Electronics 5 199 (2004). 10. CuPc buffer layer role in OLED performance: a study of the interfacial band energies “S.M. Tadayyon,H.M. Grandin, K. Griffths, P.R. Norton, H. Aziz, Z.D. Popovic” Organic Electronics 5 157 (2004).

11. Characterization of Au and Pd nanoparticles by high-temperature TGA-MS

“Weijuan Jia, Jessica McLachlan, Jiayan Xu, Seyed M. Tadayyon, Peter R. Norotn, and S. Holger Eichhorn” Can. J. Chem. 84 998 (2006). 12. Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Functional and Dysfunctional Pulmonary Surfactant Films. I. Micro- and Nanostructures of Functional Pulmonary Surfactant Films and the Effect of SP-A “Yi Y. Zuo, Eleonora Keating, Lin Zhao, Seyed M. Tadayyon, Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, Nils O. Petersen, and Fred Possmayeryz” Biophysical Journal 94 (3549) 2008. 13. Atomic force microscopy study of functional and dysfunctional pulmonary surfactant films. II. Albumin-inhibited pulmonary surfactant films and the effect of SP-A “Authors:Yi Y. Zuo, Seyed M. Tadayyon, Eleonora Keating, Lin Zhao, Ruud A.W. Veldhuizen, Nils O. Petersen, and Fred Possmayer” Biophysical Journal 95 (2779) 2008.

14. Nanoindentation-induced phase transformations in silicon at elevated temperatures “S Ruffell1, J E Bradby, J SWilliams, D Munoz-Paniagua, S Tadayyon, L L Coatsworth and P R Norton” Nanotechnology 20 (135603) 2009 15. “Direct Tip Shape Determination of a Berkovich Indenter: Effect on Nanomechanical Property Measurement and Description of a Worn Indenter” Authors: David J. Munoz-Paniagua, Mark T McDermott, Peter R. Norton, Seyed Tadayyon IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NANOTECHNOLOGY, 9 (48)2010. 16. “Measurement of inter-particle forces by an interfacial force microscope” Authors: Qing Huang, Asghar Mesbah-Nejad, Seyed M. Tadayyon, Peter Norton, Hui Zhang, Jesse Zhu

Particuology 8 (400) 2010.

17. Atomic force microscopy analysis of rat pulmonary surfactant films. “Jiao X, Keating E, Tadayyon S, Possmayer F, Zuo YY, Veldhuizen RA.” Biophys Chem. 2011 Oct;158(2-3):119-25.

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